[WIQPmail] Upper Bands

[Tony Casciato]

20m CW was really good at the start yesterday. With a beam at 58' 
pointed SE from Green Lake County I easily had callers while running. 
Our setup shared antennas amongst four positions so we didn't get to 
40/80 CW until about half-time. 80 was noise before 5pm but last hour 
picked up. 10m was all coastal and 15 was sparse as well. We missed 15 
counties and three states despite having a very high score (958 contacts).

It all depends on the propagation and what the bands feel like doing. 
Given this is an all daylight contest the higher bands will extend 
beyond the US.

Tony KX3H (N9GMT M/M)


On 3/11/2024 6:39 PM, Robert Lunsford via WIQP-Mail wrote:
> I will speak to this from both IN STATE and OUT OF STATE.
>
> In State:
> In the past years that I have set up shop in the Super 8 parking lot 
> in Dodgeville (Iowa County) I have tried 20m SSB specifically and had 
> DISMAL results at best making ANY Qs.  Not sure if it is a time of 
> year thing, since I have similar results in Winter Field Day (from 
> multiple different states) or just what the problem is. So not sure it 
> is a promotion thing or just a conditions thing.  I have not tried 20m 
> CW from WI in the QP yet, did for Field Day and it worked well.  I 
> know by June when I do the KY QSO Party I still have dismal results on 
> 20m SSB but 20m CW has absolutely rocked.  40m has always been my 
> money band in WI (QP and FD both).
>
> Out of state:
> Granted, I am in OH so I am close enough for 40m.  The gaggle of guys 
> on 40m worked great for me!  A couple times I had the amp in stand by 
> after re-tuning from CW to SSB or the other direction and still busted 
> the pile up with a mere 24 to 32 watts.
>
> I have had similar results the first weekend in May doing IN QSO 
> Party.  At the end of August doing OH QSO Party 20m is money all 
> contest long. Saturday I was trying my best to work some OK and ID QSO 
> Party contacts and I ended up with 1 OK on 20m SSB and 1 ID on SSB and 
> 1 ID on RTTY, and that was it.  Otherwise 20m was ALL DX. 10m was HOT 
> all weekend, if you wanted to work everyone in PY, LU, and CE.
>
> Just one guy's observation from West-Central Ohio and South-West 
> Wisconsin over a few years.
>
> Rob KB8UEY
>
> On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:22:53 PM UTC, Joe via WIQP-Mail 
> <wiqp-mail at warac.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 3/11/2024 5:17 PM, Joe wrote:
>> I wonder how we can promote more Wisconsin Stations to operate on 20 
>> and up more.
>> I understand there are more mults to be grabbed on 80/40 for the 
>> Wisconsin Stations.
>> Just seems like the contest is a WIQP, and only for Wisconsin Stations.
>>
>> I did the upper bands as much as possible, but the RUNS were just not 
>> there to be had.
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>
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